Posted on 06/21/2018 10:18:28 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Under the contract, the Hawthorne, Calif.-based rocket company founded by Elon Musk will launch the Air Force Space Command-52 satellite to its intended orbit. The contract includes launch vehicle production and mission, as well as integration, launch operations and spaceflight worthiness activities, according to a notice posted by the U.S. Department of Defense.
The work, which will be performed at SpaceX’s headquarters, the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and in McGregor, Texas, is expected to be completed by September 2020. The mission is planned to be launched from Kennedy Space Center.
Two proposals were received by the DOD in the competitive bidding process.
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No, the companies are not Elon Musk. Elon Musk is Elon Musk. SpaceX is SpaceX. Boring Company is Boring Company. They are different entities, two different companies and you know it. It does not matter if both are owned by Elon Musk. I don’t see you attacking Blue Origin for the business decisions made by Amazon or its founder, Jeff Bezos. It’s absurd that I even have to explain something this basic. You’re grasping at straws to blame a damn aerospace company for whatever is done by Tesla or the Boring Company. Why don’t you blame SpaceX for your PayPal fees while you’re at it? It makes just as much sense.
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How is it that a banned conspiracy troll is allowed to continue posting on Free Republic, discrediting the forum by trying to attack SpaceX using complaints about other companies? Is the real conspiracy with forum leadership letting trolls loose to make unfounded attacks on SpaceX because they disagree with the politics of its CEO? Inquiring minds want to know...
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